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Imperative Mood. 



1. Karon. ■ 



1. Kari. Kari. 



2 Kara, or kario. Kar, or karis. 



3. Karun. Karuk 



Participles. 



2. Kara. Kar. 



3. Karok. 



Present. Karite, doing. 



Past. Krita, done. 



Continuative. Karite Karite, conti- 

 nuing to do. 



Adverbial, Kariya, kari, karile, on 

 doing or being done. 



Karibaloi, or kara, doing. 



Krita, done. 



Karonte karonte, continuing to do, 



Kari, karilat, karile, on doing or 

 being done. 



Gerunds. 



Karibaloi. 

 Kariba. 

 Karibar. 

 Karat. 



Karite, for the purpose of doing. 

 Kariba, doing. 



K aribar, of doing . 



Karibare, in doing . 



The rules for syntactical construction are the same in both languages. 

 In the ordinary colloquial use of the Asamese, deviations from the 

 strict rules of syntax are very frequent, but not more so than in that 

 form of Bengali prevalent among the lower classes in various parts of 

 Bengal. I refer particularly to the vague and indiscriminate use of the 

 two classes of idioms, termed by philologists, the analagous, and the 



The following specimens of Bengali and Asamese composition, have 

 been furnished to illustrate our remarks on the analogy between the 

 two dialects : — 



English. — " Influenced by no fear, he offered outrage on others, 

 seized their property by force, gave false evidence to secure advantage 

 and benefit to himself, and committed various other enormous crimes." 



This sentence, in the more dignified Bengali style, would be rendered — 



" Se sarbbatobhabe nirbhay haiya parer dauratmyamatra kare, balete 

 paradrabyapaharan kare, mithyasakhya diya swalabh swarakhya kare 

 ebang ar ar nana prakar mahapatak kare." 



In common Bengali it would run thus : 



" Se kichhui bhay na kariya parer prati dauratmya kare, bal kariya 

 parer drabya kariya lay, mithya sakhya diya apanar labh o apanar 

 rakhya kare, ebang ar ar nana prakar mahapap kare." 



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